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Aryeh Kaplan

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American rabbi and physicist (1934-1983)

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Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu (Leonard) Kaplan was an American Orthodox rabbi, author, and translator best known for his Living Torah edition of the Torah and extensive Kabbalistic commentaries. He became well known as a prolific writer and was lauded as an original thinker.

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Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu (Leonard) Kaplan was an American Orthodox rabbi, author, and translator best known for his Living Torah edition of the Torah and extensive Kabbalistic commentaries. He became well known as a prolific writer and was lauded as an original thinker. His wide-ranging literary output, inclusive of introductory pamphlets on Jewish beliefs, and philosophy written at the request of NCSY are often regarded as significant factors in the growth of the baal teshuva movement.

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United States
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1934 to 1983 · aged 48
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